Valorization potential of pine needle waste biomass: recent trends and future perspectives

A Gupta, P Ghosh, K Arora, S Sharma… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Pines play a significant role in forest biodiversity globally and generate huge forest litter. Dry
pine needles due to low ignition temperature and high frictional force with the ground catch …

Plant-pollinator meta-network of the Kashmir Himalaya: Structure, modularity, integration of alien species and extinction simulation

ZA Rather, J Ollerton, SH Parey, S Ara, S Watts… - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant-pollinator studies are increasingly using network analysis to investigate the structure
and function of such communities. However, many areas of high biodiversity largely remain …

Invasive plants alter soil properties and nutrient dynamics: a case study of Anthemis cotula invasion in Kashmir Himalaya

MA Dar, M Ahmad, R Singh, RK Kohli, HP Singh… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant invasion is considerably affecting terrestrial ecosystems by modulating soil nutrient
cycling and ecological processes. Below-ground processes are of paramount interest to …

Reducing herbicide input and optimizing spray method can minimize nontarget impacts on native grassland plant species

AL Smith, RM Kanjithanda, T Hayashi… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive plants threaten biodiversity worldwide and effective management must control the
target invader while conserving biodiversity. Herbicide is often used to control invasive …

Plant invasion shifts soil microbiome and physico-chemical attributes along an elevational gradient in Kashmir Himalaya

K Hussain, R Ahmad, MA Nuñez, TUH Dar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Soil microbial communities, being situated at the interface of aboveground plant and
belowground soil systems, can play a pivotal role in determining ecosystem response to the …

Litter Deposition and Nutrient Cycling of Invaded Environments by Cryptostegia madagascariensis at Tropical Cambisols from Northeastern Brazil

T Souza, EO Lucena, LA de Andrade… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cryptostegia madagascariensis is an invasive plant species that covers 11% of the Brazilian
northeastern territory, but its role on the litter trait in tropical ecosystems remains unclear …

Invasion shadows in soil system overshadow the restoration of invaded ecosystems: Implications for invasive plant management

R Ahmad, I Rashid, M Hamid, AH Malik… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recognizing the global urgency of restoring degraded ecosystems, the United Nations has
proclaimed 2021–2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Among various global …

Plant invasion shifts soil microbiome and nutrient pools along altitudinal gradients

K Hussain, R Ahmad, M Nuñez, TU Dar, I Rashid… - Authorea …, 2024 - authorea.com
Soil microbial communities, being at the interface of plant-soil feedback systems, can play a
pivotal role in facilitating ecosystem response to the drivers of global environmental change …

[PDF][PDF] Cryptostegia Madagascariensis Alters the Litterfall and Nutrient Cycling of Litter Inputs in An Invaded Tropical Cambisol From North-Eastern Brazil

EO de Lucena, T Souza, LA de Andrade, LJR da Silva… - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
The invasive Cryptostegia madagascariensis occupies riparian areas covered by tropical
Cambisols throughout the North-eastern Brazil however litter is known regarding its ability to …